Panoramica

Josh Waxman is the office managing shareholder of Littler’s Washington, D.C. office, and is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. Josh has a wide-ranging labor and employment law practice with a primary focus on complex labor and employment litigation and strategic labor advice. He represents clients across the country in connection with state and federal class and collective action, single-plaintiff and multi-plaintiff litigation and traditional labor matters, as well as matters before government agencies, including the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Josh also serves on the firm’s Class Action Strategic Review Committee, providing class action guidance and resources to Littler lawyers across the country.

Josh has substantial experience advising, managing and litigating wage and hour class and collective actions for clients in a variety of industries, including retail, hospitality, financial services, technology, computer services, manufacturing, restaurant and travel.  He also advises employers with respect to compliance measures that reduce wage and hour disputes and other employment-related issues.  He has handled a wide range of wage and hour matters, including claims alleging:

  • Misclassification
  • “Off-the-clock” work
  • Failure to provide meal periods and rest breaks        
  • Improper calculation of overtime compensation
  • Failure to reimburse for business expenses
  • Joint employment with respect to wage and hour issues

His extensive experience providing strategic advice in connection with labor-management relations matters concerning collective bargaining and union organizing under the National Labor Relations Act includes:

  • Representing a manufacturing employer at the first decertification causation hearing in NLRB history
  • Defending an employer who validated a decertification election despite the existence of unfair labor practices preceding the union’s request for an election
  • Providing strategic labor advice and bargaining strategy for a manufacturer in connection with its collective bargaining negotiations with two different unions
  • Representing a gaming industry client as lead negotiator in its collective bargaining negotiations
  • Representing clients before the State Department in an international labor dispute

Josh was one of four Littler attorneys responsible for the creation and development of the Littler Xmpt Toolkit, which was recognized in December 2016 by the Financial Times with a commendation in its North America Innovative Lawyers awards.  

In 2010, Josh was invited to participate in a meeting of the Investment Subcommittee of the State Department’s Federal Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy where he provided input concerning their examination of the United States National Contact Point’s role in resolving alleged violations of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. 

Josh is a chapter editor to the Collective Actions chapter (Chapter 19) of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Fair Labor Standards Act treatise published by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), as well as a contributing editor for the ABA’s Developing Labor Law treatise. He provides editorial oversight for the firm's publications related to wage and hour law.

Prior to joining Littler, Josh was a partner in a prominent labor and employment practice group at another firm where his focus was complex class action and employment litigation, as well as traditional labor law matters. While in law school, he was a member of the Articles Review Board of the Virginia Law Review and president of the Virginia Employment and Labor Law Association.

Affiliazioni professionali e istituzionali

Member

Labor and Employment Section

American Bar Association

Member

Litigation Section

American Bar Association

Member

Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee

American Bar Association

Member

Labor and Employment Section

District of Columbia Bar

Riconoscimenti

Named, The Best Lawyers in America®

2025

Named, Super Lawyer

Washington DC

Super Lawyers

2014-2024

Order of the Coif

Government Honors Program

Georgetown University

1995

News, Analysis & Press

DC Circ. Nixes NLRB Classification of FedEx Drivers

Law360

March 3, 2017

Pubblicazioni

  • Littler on Federal Wage and Hour Obligations, co-author with Andrew J. Voss, 2016
  • Collective Actions, Fair Labor Standards Act, Chapter 19, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, BNA, chapter editor
  • Developing Labor Law, Chapter 9, ABA, contributing editor
  • Class Certification Under Rule 23, Chapter 9, Littler Mendelson on Employment Law Class Actions, LexisNexis, 2nd Ed., chapter co-editor, 2012
  • District of Columbia, The Mid-Atlantic Employer, LexisNexis and Littler Mendelson, 2012-2013

Speaking Engagements

2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Employer Conference

Washington, DC

June 21, 2024

2023 Mid-Atlantic Regional Employer Conference

Washington, DC

June 16, 2023

2022 Mid-Atlantic Regional Employer Conference

Washington, DC

June 8, 2022

Managing the Legal Implications of Wandering Workers

Association of Corporate Counsel, National Capital Region

April 28, 2022

The Revolution Continues! The Virginia Overtime Wage Act and the Commonwealth’s Wage & Hour Transformation

Tysons Corner, VA

October 27, 2021

The Wandering Worker: Maintaining Compliance as Workplaces Disaggregate

Mid-Atlantic Virtual Employer Conference

September 9, 2021

2021 Mid-Atlantic Virtual Employer Conference

September 9, 2021

Virginia Overtime Wage Act: The Next Step in the Commonwealth’s Pro-Employee Push

June 24, 2021

Formazione

  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1998
  • B.A., Georgetown University, 1995cum laude

Foro di appartenenza

District of Columbia
Maryland
New York

Abilitazioni

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York